other disasters

M/S ESTONIA M/S Estonia was a Baltic Sea cruiseferry, that sank in 28 September 1994. 852 of the 989 people on board died in the disaster. The ship was listing because of poor cargo management. The bow visor separated at most likely 01:15. Before that, multiple metallic bangs were heard by...

The ocean has long been a place of great danger and mystery throughout the existence of mankind. Even in contemporary times, traveling through deep water and rough seas continues to be an arduous and challenging venture. The tragic sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is undoubtedly the most famous...

Right now, the cruise ship industry is in prize mess. Here's an Australian view of the story. I hope everyone can get into this link. https://7plus.com.au/7news-presents-cruising-the-biggest-storm

Hey gang, IIRC both the folks at Titanic Honor and Glory and in On a Sea of Glass, i've read that prior to the Titanic disaster, there were only something a dozen or so deaths on the trans atlantic crossing in the decade prior to 1912. Can anyone corroborate these numbers? What's the source on...

Hi all, The topic for this month: What other examples of seafaring and maritime disasters are of the most interest to you? Are there other ships that have been lost, be they in war or peacetime, which you feel are deserving of more attention? Do you feel, perhaps, that these have been...

GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS was a fascinating experience for me until the moment when Cameron and crew came to the surface to encounter September 11th. He was correct to call and compare it to the Titanic as defining disasters of respective centuries. Earlier, a crewman on a submarine said we shall...

While cruising in the Red Sea The French Liner Georges Philippar was completely destroyed on her maiden voyage in May 1930 by mysterious fires, sabotage was suspected. The death toll was 53.

Disasters at Sea comes on tonight, Sunday, April 23rd at 8 East Coast time with plenty of commentary about what Titanic 1997, the movie, got right or wrong- looks good! This show was preceeded by an excellent production on the San Francisoco earthquake, the centennial was just this past week.

I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but there we go! As you all know there were three sister ships: the Titanic, Olympic and Britannic. All three had either problems or disasters! Titanic - not enough lifeboats, hit iceberg and sank. Olympic - crashed with another ship (the...

I saw a documentary film on American Movie Classics cable channel this morning called "Boom! Disasters in the Movies". There were behind the scenes shots from the 1953 and 1997 "Titanic" films, "Poseidon Adventure" and other Irwin Allen disaster flicks and some rare footage from "Deluge" which...

There are probably greater ones than these listed but we may never know due to the fog of war. 1. 9343 dead, Wilhelm Gustloff torpedoed in Baltic Sea, 30th Jan 1945. 2. 6200 dead, Goya torpedoed in Baltic, 16th Apr 1945. 3. 5620 dead, Junyo Maru torpedoed off Sumatra, 18th Sep 1944...

This is not a definitive list of peacetime marine disasters and others will have others to add too - this is just for starters. 1. 6000 dead, Chinese troopship sank off Yingkow, November 1948. 2. 5000 dead, Ukishima Maru exploded off Japan, 24th Aug 1945. 3. 4386 dead, Dona Paz collided...

John, I can't believe you haven't heard! This asteroid is headed our way and is probably due to hit on 1st February 2019 but no-one knows where yet. We've got 17 years to do something about it but I've since heard that they don't want to spend the estimated 4 billion ($ or £, I don't know)...

While thinking about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, other disasters of Titanic's proportions come to mind-some may interest you. Johnstown Pennsylvania's dam burst in 1889 drowned over 2,000-most bodies were never found-the town was completely complacent about the rising water and was caught by...

The History channel offered an anniversary tribute to this dreadful disaster which happened on March 25th, 1911. 145 young women perished in a ninth floor blaze in New York. The management had locked the doors on these girls as they sat at their sewing machines-not wanting them to get off to...

"And later that night/when the ship's bell rang/could it be the north wind they been feelin'?" Gordon Lightfoot. "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald". Today is the 25th Anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The following list of her crew is loosely grouped by...